yapok
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from the Oyapok River in French Guyana.
Pronunciation
Noun
yapok (plural yapoks)
- The water opossum (Chironectes minimus).
- 1989, John F. Eisenberg, Kent H. Redford, Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 3: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 52:
- Yapoks are carnivorous, eating small fish, crabs, crustaceans, insects, and frogs.
Translations
Chironectes minimus
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
yapok (rare)
Declension
| Inflection of yapok (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | yapok | yapokit | |
| genitive | yapokin | yapokien | |
| partitive | yapokia | yapokeja | |
| illative | yapokiin | yapokeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | yapok | yapokit | |
| accusative | nom. | yapok | yapokit |
| gen. | yapokin | ||
| genitive | yapokin | yapokien | |
| partitive | yapokia | yapokeja | |
| inessive | yapokissa | yapokeissa | |
| elative | yapokista | yapokeista | |
| illative | yapokiin | yapokeihin | |
| adessive | yapokilla | yapokeilla | |
| ablative | yapokilta | yapokeilta | |
| allative | yapokille | yapokeille | |
| essive | yapokina | yapokeina | |
| translative | yapokiksi | yapokeiksi | |
| abessive | yapokitta | yapokeitta | |
| instructive | — | yapokein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||